Hikkadua - 3

Serendipity in Sri Lanka Part - II

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September 28th 2006
Serendipity in Sri Lanka (2004)-Part II Ratnapura I went to Ratnapura alone on a bus, and at the bus-stand, hired an auto rickshaw for the half day that I was going to spend there, visiting the gems shops and the gems mines and an authentic National Gem Museum (This last is actually a Government-owned scientific museum, not a shop masquerading as one.) Ratna ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka

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The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India. Buddhism was introduced beginning in about the mid-third century B.C., and a great civilization developed at the cities of Anuradhapura (kingdom from circa... ... read more